tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post2862361945782270659..comments2023-12-19T04:53:04.513-08:00Comments on Deeply Blasphemous: JK Rowling is CryingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363174213866492800noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-81587542053627163722012-03-23T21:25:09.963-07:002012-03-23T21:25:09.963-07:00JK Rowling has her faults. She might be a whingein...JK Rowling has her faults. She might be a whingeing spoilt little child in this case, but you have to admit that, few as they are, she has her virtues too. So please show her a bit of respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-62846416367494641532008-04-15T14:06:00.000-07:002008-04-15T14:06:00.000-07:00There are other works in the genre?! You mean, sh...There are other works in the genre?! You mean, she didn't invent the wizard in an English public school genre of fiction?! I am <I>aghast!</I> Well, hehe, no. She was obviously heavily inspired by other fiction in the genre - tho' she claims to be ignorant of it, AFAIK - but that doesn't bother me except insofar that she doesn't own up to it. All authors are influenced by other artists - it's just that most of us have the good taste to <I>admit it</I>.<BR/><BR/>So, maybe she is a chav. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363174213866492800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-16901531301337427762008-04-15T13:24:00.000-07:002008-04-15T13:24:00.000-07:00I wouldn't mind if you couldn't see the joins wher...I wouldn't mind if you couldn't see the joins where she's blatantly nicked ideas from previous works in the genre.<BR/><BR/>Once a chav always a chav.Baht Athttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106474048004220143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-59211955148790208792008-04-15T12:21:00.000-07:002008-04-15T12:21:00.000-07:00Yeah, printing things on the Internet counts as pu...Yeah, printing things on the Internet counts as publication.<BR/><BR/>I think that Rowling and her team had hitherto thought of this HP encyclopedia as a sort of fair use fanfic thing. Under the terms of fair use, people are allowed to use intellectual property in original works if they make no money. The owner of the copyright can still make them take it down, because the other of the copyright owns the copyright, but in practice it doesn't happen very often.<BR/><BR/>So, yes, in large, the encyclopedia in question has <I>already been published</I>. It has been seen by millions of people. It already exists and is accessible. The only difference, now, is that the person who has compiled it wants to make a little money off of it. That is the <I>only</I> substantial difference.<BR/><BR/>So when Rowling says it is not about money, she is clearly a lying hypocrite. She didn't mind when it was published for free. She only came to mind when the guy who compiled it wanted to make a little money off of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363174213866492800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544940998646597297.post-90826623298540210952008-04-15T10:00:00.000-07:002008-04-15T10:00:00.000-07:00I always thought that anything put on a blog was c...I always thought that anything put on a blog was considered published. <BR/><BR/>So are they asking for the website to be taken down as well? <BR/><BR/>Yeh, right, she was going to publish her own encyclopoedia or " companion to" and donate the proceeds to charity.jmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.com